September 16, 2022
Announcements!
PowerShellGet 3.0 Preview 17
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce that an update to our preview of PowerShellGet 3.0 is now available on
By: Sydney Smith submitted:Sep 16 2022
We are excited to announce that an update to our preview of PowerShellGet 3.0 is now available on
the PowerShell Gallery!
By: Sydney Smith submitted:Sep 16 2022
Windows Terminal Preview 1.16 Release
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
The Windows Terminal team is back with another release for you! This release introduces version 1.16
By: Kayla Cinnamon submitted:Sep 16 2022
The Windows Terminal team is back with another release for you! This release introduces version 1.16
to Windows Terminal Preview and updates Windows Terminal to version 1.15 with these new features. As always, you can install Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal Preview from the Microsoft Store,
By: Kayla Cinnamon submitted:Sep 16 2022
Blogs, Articles, and Posts
Audit Events in Your Azure Subscription with PowerShell
(smsagent.blog)
Update! v.1.1 released fixing a bug where the most recent events were not being returned
By: Trevor Jones submitted:Sep 16 2022
Update! v.1.1 released fixing a bug where the most recent events were not being returned
(2022-09-13) A quick post - I just published a new script for retrieving activity log events for an Azure subscription as the current options for searching and retrieving events didn't satisfy me.
By: Trevor Jones submitted:Sep 16 2022
Automating scripts without saving credentials on the server
(reddit.com)
My org has decided to disable the saving of network passwords on servers, so I can no longer use
By: u/xylog submitted:Sep 16 2022
My org has decided to disable the saving of network passwords on servers, so I can no longer use
Task Scheduler to run my Powershell scripts.
By: u/xylog submitted:Sep 16 2022
Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell with an Azure Managed Identity
(thelazyadministrator.com)
Recently the Exchange Online Module v2 came out with support for connecting to Exchange Online via a
By: Brad Wyatt submitted:Sep 16 2022
Recently the Exchange Online Module v2 came out with support for connecting to Exchange Online via a
managed identity. The module has several parameters:
By: Brad Wyatt submitted:Sep 16 2022
Create an Azure Arc Service Principal with longer expiration date using PowerShell
(thomasmaurer.ch)
When you are onboarding at scale of Azure Arc enabled servers or Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Sep 16 2022
When you are onboarding at scale of Azure Arc enabled servers or Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
clusters, you want to use service principals for automated authentication during the onboarding process for Azure Arc resources. Microsoft provides you with an option in the Azure portal to create that service principal. When you use this, you can set .
By: Thomas Maurer submitted:Sep 16 2022
Does PowerShell DSC have any concept of a ‘handler’ like Ansible does?
(reddit.com)
So for those unaware, a 'handler' in Ansible is basically a task that executes upon a specific
By: u/Marquis77 submitted:Sep 16 2022
So for those unaware, a 'handler' in Ansible is basically a task that executes upon a specific
condition, such as a file being changed on the system. You can 'notify' the handler task, in which case Ansible knows that at the end of your playbook, it will execute that task regardless of where in the playbook you currently are, but **only if the notifying task has caused a change to the system**.
By: u/Marquis77 submitted:Sep 16 2022
How to Report High-Priority Azure AD App Permissions That Hackers Might Exploit
(practical365.com)
Microsoft 365 tenants usually include many Azure AD apps. These apps hold permissions, including
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Sep 16 2022
Microsoft 365 tenants usually include many Azure AD apps. These apps hold permissions, including
permissions that hackers like to exploit. This article explains how to use PowerShell to detect apps with high-priority permissions and report them to administrators for review.
By: Tony Redmond submitted:Sep 16 2022
Power On HPE Server Using PowerShell
(adminknowhow.wordpress.com)
You may need to download the HP iLO Cmdlets for Windows PowerShell (x64) from HPE support portal and
By: Jimmy Liew submitted:Sep 16 2022
You may need to download the HP iLO Cmdlets for Windows PowerShell (x64) from HPE support portal and
install it on the server/machine you wish you execute the PowerShell command. COMMAND Below is the PowerShell command to power on/off the server.
By: Jimmy Liew submitted:Sep 16 2022
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
Monitor Network Connectivity with PowerShell 7 (Successful Pings)
(sid-500.com)
Recently, I have created a script that returns a beep sound when the connection is re-established. I
By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Sep 16 2022
Recently, I have created a script that returns a beep sound when the connection is re-established. I
would like to share this script here on my website.
By: Patrick Gruenauer submitted:Sep 16 2022
PSMDE 0.5.7
(powershellgallery.com)
Provides a PowerShell functions to interact with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
By: Jan-Henrik Damaschke submitted:Sep 16 2022
Provides a PowerShell functions to interact with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
By: Jan-Henrik Damaschke submitted:Sep 16 2022
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
Exploring AutomatedLab and DSC with Raimund Andrée
(powershellpodcast.podbean.com)
In this episode, we revisit AutomatedLab with the other primary maintainer, Raimund Andrée. Raimund
By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Sep 16 2022
In this episode, we revisit AutomatedLab with the other primary maintainer, Raimund Andrée. Raimund
teaches us about DSC and shares details of the DSCWorkshop project, which is a great way to go about learning more about DSC in a hands-on manner. We also learned about Cattle vs. Pets and how that applies to your servers. You can hear all of this, plus more in this companion episode to our first AutomatedLab episode.
By: The Powershell Podcast submitted:Sep 16 2022
Fun
Set-WallpaperClock 1.3.1
(powershellgallery.com)
A PS Module that sets your desktop background to show the current time.
By: Psychosapien submitted:Sep 16 2022
A PS Module that sets your desktop background to show the current time.
By: Psychosapien submitted:Sep 16 2022
Text-To-Speech using PowerShell
(powershellisfun.com)
Just a little fun thing for a Friday, text-to-speech! We used this many years ago at the office,
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Sep 16 2022
Just a little fun thing for a Friday, text-to-speech! We used this many years ago at the office,
sending this to the laptop of a colleague and having fun while he's trying to figure out where the voice is coming from ?? How it works There is a System.Speech assembly which can be used to
By: Harm Veenstra submitted:Sep 16 2022
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